Improvement in sleighs



No. 112,630; Patented Mar. 14, 1871.

Wijzgfflesi jnzleniori wm q ".PETERS, FHGTO-UTHCGRAPBER, WASHINGTON, D.C,

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'An os. RANK. or SALEM, OHIO,

batters Patent Nb. 112,530, dated March 14. 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN SLEGHSr The sche'dule refened to inthese Letters Patentpart of the same,

To' {all whom; may concern .1 V

Be it-knownthat I, AMOS RAnK, or balem, in the countyofOolumbianaandState of Ohio, have in.-

vented a new and useful Improvement in Sleighs, of p QWlJlGll thefollowing is a specification. i i My invention relates to that class ofsleighs inwhich a springis employed betiveenrthe seat and the runners.

Its object is to secure a simple, durable,.and easy- The improvementconsists 'in combining elastic D shaped runners, having their openendsbehind, and

t their upper members iorminga support for the seat,

with a spring interposed between the upper and lower member-slot" thefree ends of the runners, as hereinafter shown. i

In theaccompanying drawing Figure 1 is a view 'in perspective, andFigure 2a rear elevation of my improved sleigh.

flylhe runners. A are, bypreierence, made of wood and bent in a 3-shape,.so*tliat thebenda q}; forms a 1 springpand theiru 'ipcr membersform side pieces A,

for attaching the. seat or body 0, and thus form an elasticconnectionbetween it and the runners.

Therear ends the lower members of the runners bination but What I claimas new, and desire to secure by 'Letters Patent, is'--.

l The combination of the elastic D -shaped runners, the upper membersofwhich support the seat of the sleigh, with a spring interposed betweenthe upper and lower members of the runners, substantially as described.v

in testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

' AMOS RANK. -\Vit-nesses:

WILLIAM H.-.K1DD, WILLIs OADWALL DER,

